AP File PhotoESPN and 441 Productions crews worked countless hours in 2009 to get Joe Cada's WSOP main event victory on TV.

The November Nine has a numerical ring to it. There will be nine players competing at the World Series of Poker main event final table next week in Las Vegas, gunning for a top prize of almost $9 million.

It even will be broadcast on ESPN on Nov. 9.

With Tuesday night's episodes on ESPN cutting the field from 18 to 9, there a few other numbers to keep in mind as ESPN and 441 Productions prepare for the impressive turnaround from this weekend's actual final table to the show reaching our TV sets:

71: Number of people on the production staff, which arrived in Las Vegas on Sunday to begin preparation.

21: Number of cameras used at the final table.

60: Estimated number of hours most of the crew will go without sleep in order to finish the broadcast on time.

10: As in 10 p.m. EST, when the final table hits the air. ESPN producer Kathy Cook says commentators Lon McEachern and Norman Chad will be finishing their voiceovers while the first hour of the broadcast is actually being shown.

"It's a miracle every year that it gets on," McEachern said on a conference call last week. He's teammed with Chad since 2003 on ESPN's WSOP broadcasts. "It's totally due to the folks at 411 and their production team. A lot can be done if you don't sleep, it's amazing."

This is the third consecutive year the WSOP main event final table has been delayed from the summer to November.

"The first year we wondered if anyone would show up. Last year, we wondered if anyone would leave," WSOP vice president Ty Stewart said.

"It's really become a wild scene at the Rio. It really showcases how far poker has come in a short time. When you're playing for $9 million, it's not hard to round up friends to come to Vegas. It has surpasses our short-term expectations."

Stewart said each of the final table participants will have "walk-on music" this year, comparable to a boxer or an MMA fighter entering the ring.

"It's a little audacious, for sure," Stewart said. "It's going to be authentic to what the final table has become. It is, of course, Vegas after all. We're trying to ramp up our game."